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NATO Expansion and Rising Tensions
• NATO’s has an “open door policy”
• Any decision to invite a country to join the Alliance is taken by the North Atlantic Council on the basis of consensus among all Allies. No third country has a say in such deliberations.
• NATO’s ongoing enlargement process poses no threat to any country.
• It is aimed at promoting stability and cooperation, at building a Europe whole and free, united in peace, democracy and common values.
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Mikhail Gorbachev-First President of Sovet Union
•By the time of the 1985 rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, the country was in a situation of severe stagnation, with deep economic and political problems which sorely needed to be addressed and overcome.
•During his time they were politicaly and economically poor.
•He initiated freedom of speech and economic reform.
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Ukrainian Independence
• Once they overthrew the Czar, Ukraine set up a government and proclaimed them as a republic.
• Once Mikhail expanded freedom of speech, less people followed communism and people were willing to fight back. Many political speeches occurred and soon they gained their independence.
August 24
On this day in 1991, just after a failed coup in Moscow, Ukraine declared its independence from the U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev-First President of Sovet Union -
Collapse of Soviet Union
•In December of 1991, the Soviet Union separated into fifteen countries. Democracy won over totalitarianism
•The United States rejoiced, thereby ending the Cold War which had hovered over these two superpowers since the end of World War II. The breakup of the Soviet Union transformed the entire world political situation, in political, economic and military alliances all over the globe.
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Vladimir Putin-President of Russia
President of Russia from December 1999 to March 2008 for 1st and 2nd term. 3rd term was from March 2012 to current day.
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George W. Bush-President of U.S.
“The question is, would Putin have made this move, say, in 2004, 2005 with George W. Bush president? Would he have believed he could have move with impunity then, the way he did, against Bush?” Scarborough asked. “I’ve got to clear this up for everybody else, so this isn’t a Bush versus Obama deal. George Bush was exhausted in 2008, and Putin made the calculated move that after seven years of war, he wasn’t going to step on the gas and get involved in something like that.” -
Russo-Georgian War
The Russo-Georgian War a conflict between Georgia and Russia, along with the separatist regions. It took place in August 2008. Marat Kulakhmetov, commander of the Russian forces in the region, claimed that Georgian shelling had destroyed most of Tskhinvali.Russian media reported heavy fighting between Russian and Georgian troops the night of Aug. 8/9, George W. Bush-President of U.S.
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Barack Obama-President of U.S.
• Putin sighed a treaty to annex Crimea
• Russia is once again isolating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress. And it doesn’t have to come to this -- it didn’t have to come to this. It does not have to be this way. This is a choice that Russia, and President Putin in particular, has made. There continues to be a better choice -- the choice of de-escalation, the choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation, a choice in whic -
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Vladmir Putin-President of Russia
President of Russia from December 1999 to March 2008 for 1st and 2nd term.
3rd term was from March 2012 to current day.
• His raiting rose drastically when he declared Crimea was a part of Russia.
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Russian Annexation of Crimea
• Putin sighed a treaty to annex Crimea
• Russia is once again isolating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress. And it doesn’t have to come to this -- This is a choice that Russia, and President Putin in particular, has made. There continues to be a better choice -- the choice of de-escalation, the choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation.... Vladmir Putin-President of Russia
Barack Obama-President of U.S.
